<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<link rel="STYLESHEET" href="lib.css" type='text/css' />
<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="../icons/pyfav.png" type="image/png" />
<link rel='start' href='../index.html' title='Python documentation Index' />
<link rel="first" href="lib.html" title='Python library Reference' />
<link rel='contents' href='contents.html' title="Contents" />
<link rel='index' href='genindex.html' title='Index' />
<link rel='last' href='about.html' title='About this document...' />
<link rel='help' href='about.html' title='About this document...' />
<link rel="prev" href="SMTP-objects.html" />
<link rel="parent" href="module-smtplib.html" />
<link rel="next" href="module-smtpd.html" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name='aesop' content='information' />
<title>18.13.2 SMTP Example </title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="navigation">
<div id='top-navigation-panel' xml:id='top-navigation-panel'>
<table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2">
<tr>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="18.13.1 smtp Objects"
  href="SMTP-objects.html"><img src='../icons/previous.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></a></td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="18.13 smtplib  "
  href="module-smtplib.html"><img src='../icons/up.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Up one Level' width='32' /></a></td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="18.14 smtpd  "
  href="module-smtpd.html"><img src='../icons/next.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Next Page' width='32' /></a></td>
<td align="center" width="100%">Python Library Reference</td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents"
  href="contents.html"><img src='../icons/contents.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Contents' width='32' /></a></td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a href="modindex.html" title="Module Index"><img src='../icons/modules.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Module Index' width='32' /></a></td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="index" title="Index"
  href="genindex.html"><img src='../icons/index.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Index' width='32' /></a></td>
</tr></table>
<div class='online-navigation'>
<b class="navlabel">Previous:</b>
<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="SMTP-objects.html">18.13.1 SMTP Objects</a>
<b class="navlabel">Up:</b>
<a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="module-smtplib.html">18.13 smtplib  </a>
<b class="navlabel">Next:</b>
<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="module-smtpd.html">18.14 smtpd  </a>
</div>
<hr /></div>
</div>
<!--End of Navigation Panel-->

<h2><a name="SECTION00201320000000000000000"></a><a name="SMTP-example"></a>
<br>
18.13.2 SMTP Example 
</h2>

<p>
This example prompts the user for addresses needed in the message
envelope (`To' and `From' addresses), and the message to be
delivered.  Note that the headers to be included with the message must
be included in the message as entered; this example doesn't do any
processing of the <a class="rfc" id='rfcref-103185' xml:id='rfcref-103185'
href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html">RFC 822</a> headers.  In particular, the `To' and
`From' addresses must be included in the message headers explicitly.

<p>
<div class="verbatim"><pre>
import smtplib

def prompt(prompt):
    return raw_input(prompt).strip()

fromaddr = prompt("From: ")
toaddrs  = prompt("To: ").split()
print "Enter message, end with ^D (Unix) or ^Z (Windows):"

# Add the From: and To: headers at the start!
msg = ("From: %s\r\nTo: %s\r\n\r\n"
       % (fromaddr, ", ".join(toaddrs)))
while 1:
    try:
        line = raw_input()
    except EOFError:
        break
    if not line:
        break
    msg = msg + line

print "Message length is " + repr(len(msg))

server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
server.set_debuglevel(1)
server.sendmail(fromaddr, toaddrs, msg)
server.quit()
</pre></div>

<div class="navigation">
<div class='online-navigation'>
<p></p><hr />
<table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2">
<tr>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="18.13.1 smtp Objects"
  href="SMTP-objects.html"><img src='../icons/previous.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></a></td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="18.13 smtplib  "
  href="module-smtplib.html"><img src='../icons/up.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Up one Level' width='32' /></a></td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="18.14 smtpd  "
  href="module-smtpd.html"><img src='../icons/next.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Next Page' width='32' /></a></td>
<td align="center" width="100%">Python Library Reference</td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents"
  href="contents.html"><img src='../icons/contents.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Contents' width='32' /></a></td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a href="modindex.html" title="Module Index"><img src='../icons/modules.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Module Index' width='32' /></a></td>
<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="index" title="Index"
  href="genindex.html"><img src='../icons/index.png'
  border='0' height='32'  alt='Index' width='32' /></a></td>
</tr></table>
<div class='online-navigation'>
<b class="navlabel">Previous:</b>
<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="SMTP-objects.html">18.13.1 SMTP Objects</a>
<b class="navlabel">Up:</b>
<a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="module-smtplib.html">18.13 smtplib  </a>
<b class="navlabel">Next:</b>
<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="module-smtpd.html">18.14 smtpd  </a>
</div>
</div>
<hr />
<span class="release-info">Release 2.5.1, documentation updated on 18th April, 2007.</span>
</div>
<!--End of Navigation Panel-->
<address>
See <i><a href="about.html">About this document...</a></i> for information on suggesting changes.
</address>
</body>
</html>
